2 wierd problems?

[suj]

ok so went to post office today
i have just a tiny bit under a quarter tank left
went in post office, came out, started her up and it was on close to empty, went to petrol station, put in £10 and suddenly had just under half tank?
WTF???? so i did have petrol, was really wierd, no leak or nothing?


also past week or 2, when i put her to second notch before turning over, the oil light keeps flashing, but when on no lights (except stupid handbrake light, and it isn't brake fluid level, as i have a mk3 centre console, the handbrake switch is loose or something, it's not affecting nothing )
anywhoo, why is oil light flashing? this isn't normal right?

thanks in advance

 

[Cupra Kid]

Was the car parked on an incline while you were in the post office?

 

[suj]

not really, slight angle to side (camber of road)
but if that was the case it would of went back to normal when i started it right? i turned on and off few times

 

[OllieL]

Your car is just sad it isnt getting its new shoes

Ollie

 

[gtikezz]

maybe the float got stuck in the petrol tank it happend to me

 

[gtikezz]

if you know what i mean lol

 

[suj]

Your car is just sad it isnt getting its new shoes

Ollie

she already had a bitch fit when i went over some speed bumps, rocking like a ship!

maybe the float got stuck in the petrol tank it happend to me

if you know what i mean lol

nope...you lost the plot kezz

na i know what you mean, i thought that too, and the new petrol pushed it up? but thought naa lol

 

[Brummy]

Suj, its an Ibiza isn;t it....

 

[suj]

suj, its an ibiza isn;t it....

it's aliveeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cupra Kid]

Mk2's pretty constant but the MK3 is up and down like a yo yo, can do a journey flat out and it will fly down, but pootle home and you can visably watch it rise.

As above......................................... its an IBIZA!!!!!!!!

 

[ather`s]

get those wheels on and all the faults will just fade away because you wont care as it looks so good!! sorted. i think the dodgy float is one of the many ibiza trate`s, is it not? even us mere 1.4`s suffer with it!

 

[gtikezz]

i had a argument with some ladies at sainsburys after putting in £20 and my gauge not going up, i put another £5 in wit the store manager watching ( after i requested he came ) and it went up happy days

 

[M1KEH]

My fuel guage is all over the place, I think it's just a shite design.

 

[jordywood]

dodgy float, i get the same problem even on a slight camber sideways, quarter of a tank can disapear instantly n get stuck till u fill up , very alarming

 

[suj]

thanks boys, so not just me
i **** myself, thinking "fuel leak" as i had quarter of a tank lol

also any idea's on the oil light when not started

 

[M1KEH]

Probably one of your oil pressure switches is a little bit dodgy mate, wouldn't worry about it too much.

 

[suj]

ok thanks mate, i was shitting myself for that too, as i thought "don't tell me i got an oil leak too?" lol

 

[M1KEH]

Well, my car when i start it up in the morning from cold flashes like twice then goes out. The oil pressure switches are about a fiver each if you wanted to check thats all it was one of mine sprang a leak last year. Or just find someone close to you and borrow theres for a few seconds. To swap them you just need a big spanner.

 

[suj]

thanks mike, where are they located? might have to check them...thanks mate

 

[M1KEH]

On the ABF seems theyre all on top of the oil filter housing, you'll probably have 3, one of them will be a sensor with two wires into it rather than a switch with one. as you have the ABF with mfa i assume.